I am happy to announce that Dolphin has a new view mode: Columns. Each column shows one folder. Select a folder and its content opens in the next column, so the path from the folder you opened down to your selection stays on screen. This layout is known as Miller columns, after Mark S. Miller, who created it in 1980.
  • esc@piefed.socialEnglish
    2·
    17 hours ago

    Yea, I’ve seen it when it was still available and there are other file managers with similar modes, it just doesn’t make sense to me, that’s it.

    • thingsiplay@lemmy.ml
      1·
      15 hours ago

      Agree. I think this Columns mode is for MacOS users, where the file manager works similar when I remember correctly (oh boy its 20 years ago on an iMac).

    • alecsargent@lemmy.zip
      3·
      1 day ago

      I think it is only useful in a couple cases and it is definitely not often. For example I think it is just better to run a tree command with the options that one may need.

      Its meant for files one does not remember they are there, or for a quick view of a directory one does not know the contents.

      Don’t know if that makes sense to your, but that is the best I can explain it.